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Independent Souls. A compelling reason for canoeing's surge is its convenience. From the Youghiogheny to the Willamette, from white-water torrents to scenic waterways as placid as a bowl of vichyssoise, the U.S. is blessed with hundreds of thousands of inviting streams; Illinois alone boasts 6,500 miles of canoeable water. (Oldtimers say, "If the grass is wet, you can get a canoe through.") Canoes are simple to carry atop a car and easy to tote ("portage") around a rapids. A standard aluminum model costs $300 or less; in many areas, "the poor man's yacht...
...other Soviet-bloc capital in quest of arms and aid, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat has rarely ventured beyond the Middle East. Last week Sadat's Boeing 707 presidential jet whisked him westward for a change. By way of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, and Vienna, Sadat flew to the scenic Austrian city of Salzburg for a face-to-face meeting-his first-with Gerald Ford...
...Ford Motor Company whose job was to town-hop in the interior and set up Ford's market. He was very proud of Luanda's Ford dealership, Robert Hudson Ford, and their $20 million parts warehouse. His impression of the countryside was that "parts of it are very scenic, but most only reminds you that there are tons of bauxite and iron ore under...
...tragedy is difficult to take seriously, however, when none of the characters avoids two-dimensional typicality. Clara, particularly, as the martyred Working Woman, displays ludicrous malleability in her metamorphosis from Cinderella to Princess at the caprice of the plot. All the romantic music, charming mountain cafes, melting glances and scenic forest idylls De Sica produces cannot lend authenticity to this melodrama, so that the inevitable denouncement is devoid of pathos...
Chiang's body will be "temporarily interred" at Tzu Lake, a favored scenic spot 25 miles south of Taipei, until the "recovery of the mainland" permits permanent burial in his old capital at Nanking or in his native Chekiang province. Meanwhile, all of Taiwan will observe an obligatory mourning period for 30 days. Flags will fly at half-mast; all places of public entertainment will be closed by government order...